A beautiful Fall morning in my little hometown. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful week!
hometown beauty
Author: rutakintome
I married Ruth, my high school sweetheart, in 1983 and we have four children and 6 grandchildren. I have been the worship pastor at Mission Bible Church since 2004. We are located in Minooka, a southwest suburb of Chicago. I love singing, bicycling, music, Mahler, boxing, coffee, movies, The Beatles, sunsets, coffee, Mahler, the seashore, sunsets at the seashore, coffee, and… the seashore. Originally from New York, I grew up 15 minutes from the beautiful beaches of southern Long Island. I have a Fujifilm X-T5 that I use to capture the world I see. I also enjoy writing about the images that surface in my mind and heart as I work with the images from my camera. Thanks for stopping by!
glimpses of fall part 2
Enjoyed time with my colleagues during our annual retreat in Baraboo, Wisconsin. These images were taken at Devil’s Lake State Park. Thanks for stopping by.
glimpses of fall
A few moments that caught my eye as Fall descends in our area.
a fall visit to the wind farm
A beautiful Fall day, a very cool wind farm and way too many images of my motorcycle. Happy Fall everyone! (Well… at least to those in this hemisphere!)
at day’s end
a little bit of chicago
A few images from a day trip to Chicago with my colleagues earlier this week.
a little red barn and a bicycle
As seen on a late, warm summer day in Minooka, Illinois.
dear child
dear child will you stay with me for a moment will you listen through my tears i am searching for words through the rubble of my life i need to help you see so that 20 years from this moment you will remember and weep and tell the story again dear child there is evil in this world it is plain to see all of history tells the same sad story but greater still than all we see is the darkness in you and me the darkness in you and me all the change i want this world to know all the healing that i want to see all that is broken deep inside of me oh God start with me dear child there are heroes in this world men and women brave and true facing evil charging running the fire of courage in their eyes greater than the fires all around and when walls and steel when glass and stone fell down down down it is now upon us all to remember our sons our daughters our mothers our fathers our sisters our brothers oh my God they are gone they were heroes on that day there are heroes in this world today dear child do not fear there is evil yes but greater still is the song of hope is the melody of light do you see this cross made from broken steel rising from the ashes hope rising from the pain do you see the Cross the Son of Man on a tree all the evil of the world all the darkness in you and me he bore on the tree He ran into the darkness the ground zero of our souls to set us free to mend our hearts to redeem dear child life is unimaginably beautiful delicate and fleeting so remember to sing songs about the heroes that are gone so remember the Cross still stands and calls to all giving faith giving hope giving love dear child remember tell the story remember the Cross
He is here
stillness reflection quiet contemplation listen He is here presence surrender holy encounter He is here searching heart open hope filled and broken He is here rest now oh my soul let grace fill the questions the doubts have no fear His love is here He is here
good morning home town
My home town is in the state of Illinois. We are considered a southwest suburb of Chicago. The town is all but surrounded by corn and soy bean fields and so it often seems like any kind of major city is far, far away, even though, if the traffic gods are smiling, we can be in beautiful downtown Chicago in about an hour. These Minooka, Midwest skies are treasures that I always enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.
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